survey on the conservation of aluminum

This message is posted on behalf of Yolaine Tissier, contact details below.

Hi everyone,

I am a final year student in materials engineering at the Polytech Nantes, France. As part of a six months internship at the conservation lab Arc’Antique in Nantes, I am trying to gather information about the treatment of corroded aluminum, particularly building on from previous research on this subject by Christian Degrigny.

I am currently working on propeller blades made of duralumin from WWII and am interested in knowing what treatments would be suitable for this material. I would like to do several experiments to compare different treatment methods.

If you can assist in any way, please contact me on my email address below and I will send you a quick questionnaire. Feel free to pass on contact details for others you may know who are also working on this subject, or forward this email.